The TV Discussion Thread

[Kurosawa Fan]

An argument can also be made that Californication is really shitty.

A very persuasive argument. It's pretty much fact at this point. Actually, I wouldn't really know personally, as I haven't seen an episode since season two. Only read about how hard it's fallen, which I could see coming a mile away.

[Winston*]

A very persuasive argument. It's pretty much fact at this point. Actually, I wouldn't really know personally, as I haven't seen an episode since season two. Only read about how hard it's fallen, which I could see coming a mile away.

I saw it coming when it was really shitty in season one.

[Kurosawa Fan]

I saw it coming when it was really shitty in season one.

You're not better than me, Winston*.

[Acapelli]

i'm pretty annoyed by the gratuitous nudity on banshee, but i guess it's to be expected of a cinemax original program

[number8]

The producers of Party Down were pretty candid about this. Starz kept demanding them to put more sex and nudity on the show, and they didn't know how to do that with their cast and premise, so they just wrote episodes that took place at an orgy and a porn star party, literally just to justify having naked women walking around in the background.

[Mara]

The producers of Party Down were pretty candid about this. Starz kept demanding them to put more sex and nudity on the show, and they didn't know how to do that with their cast and premise, so they just wrote episodes that took place at an orgy and a porn star party, literally just to justify having naked women walking around in the background.

I have never seen a show where the nudity was more out-of-place and uncomfortable than in Party Down. I would have enjoyed the show much, much more without it. The uneasiness of the show runners really came through: "HERE. NAKEDNESS. HAPPY NOW?" And we're all squirming and saying, "No, not really. They can put their clothes back on if you really want."

[Dukefrukem]

I have never seen a show where the nudity was more out-of-place and uncomfortable than in Party Down. I would have enjoyed the show much, much more without it. The uneasiness of the show runners really came through: "HERE. NAKEDNESS. HAPPY NOW?" And we're all squirming and saying, "No, not really. They can put their clothes back on if you really want."

Even though it wasn't out of place, a lot of the nudity in Nip Tuck was very uncomfortable. (of course the exception being every scene with Kelly Carlson)

[Raiders]

I have never seen a show where the nudity was more out-of-place and uncomfortable than in Party Down. I would have enjoyed the show much, much more without it. The uneasiness of the show runners really came through: "HERE. NAKEDNESS. HAPPY NOW?" And we're all squirming and saying, "No, not really. They can put their clothes back on if you really want."

I never really noticed it too much, but it is true that those episodes were never among the best.

I will forever rewatch Steve Guttenberg's Birthday, James Ellison Funeral and James Rolf High School Twentieth Reunion. 60 of the greatest minutes of TV ever.